DNA Abberations in Cancer

Cancer is often considered a disease of the genome, where changes in the DNA accumulate, due to selective advantages that they may confer. These changes can be large, termed chromosomal abberations, or very small (affecting 1 or more bases), called small nucleotide variations.

Chromosomal abberations in Cancer come in 6 different flavours

Small nucleotide variations in Cancer come in 3 different flavours 



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